Distributing stick for type



Oct. 20,1925. 1,558,309

w. H. STOREY I DISTRIBUTING STICK FOR TYPE Filed Sept. 4,' 1924 HID . INVEN TOR WILL/H17 H. 6 035v 5y l7 TTORNEYJ Patented Oct. 20, 1925.

UNITED STATES WILLIAM HENRY STOREY, F LEICESTER, ENGLAND.

DISTRIBUTING STICK FOR TYPE.

Application filed September 4, 1924. Serial No. 735,747.

To all 20 ham it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM HENRY STOREY, a British subject, residing at 30 Mere Road, Leicester, England, Great Britain, have invented new and useful Improvements in Distributing Sticks for Type, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to improvements in distributing sticks for types, more particularly for use with type used in roneotype or like printing machines.

The sticks hithertoused for this purpose have been constructed with .an open end fashioned with prongs, the other end being closed. In action the prongs have been inserted into the channels of the forme and the types have been slidden into the stick. To distribute thetypes into the composing fount an adaptor has been used, the said adaptor being constructed as a loose part which has been fitted on to theopen end of the stick.

The adaptor serves a double purpose in that as well as allowing onetype at a time to be extracted it also acts as the sole means for retaining the types in the distributing stick. It is obvious therefore, that should 'the operator inadvertently. tip. the fork angularly or vertically with the pronged end ting the adaptor the type will be spilt, thus --causing great wastage of time in picking up "the type and re-inserting it in the fount or fork. .Moreover, the type may be inserted wrongly in the fount or fork, with the result that later on, further time is wasted and M-muchdelay caused when the proof is taken and the characters are. found to be upside down.

Furthern'iore, the fact that hitherto adaptors. have been constructed asseparate de-.

,..vic.es has the disadvantage that these may get mislaid or damaged by being dropped on the floor andtrodden on. They also take pointing downwards, before or whilst fit-L considerable time to fit in position and as they are awkward to fit 1t 1s during this.

Fig. 1 shows in elevation a distributing stick to which the invention has plied.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged plan view of .the distributing end of the stick.

been ap- Fig. 3.; is a sectional elevationof Fig. 2

showing the adaptor in its inoperative posi-, tion, in which position the type retaining device can function to preventthe escape of types from the open end of the stick, should the stick be tilted. v

F 1g. 4 is a'similar view to Fig. 3 but with the adaptor turned to the position for dist-ributing type into the composing fount. As Wlll be seen from the drawings the invention is for CODVQDIQIICG applied to a distributing stick of tubular construction,

although it is to be understood that the formation or appearance of the stick may be varied.

The stick 1 is provided with the usual central slot 2 one end being fitted with a stop 3 while the other end of the stick is fash ioned with prongs l shaped to suit the chan nels in the forme. The adaptor 5 is provided with an extension piece 5 through which passes a. pivot 6 housed in thestick 1. The extension piece is further provided with a pin? or projection. upon which presses a spring 81 secured to the stick in any convenient manner as by a..r1vet 9, screw or other means. ,The spring 8 acts upon the.

pin 7 in the adaptorin such a manner that when the pin is at one side of thepivot 6 the spring 8 is pressing the adaptor 5 se curely, into operative position as is clearly seen by Fig. 4, and when the adaptor is turned into the position shown in Fig. 3. the pin? isv acted upon by the spring S and the adaptor retained securely in its inoperative position. The extension piece 5 of the adaptor is cut away to form a tooth or teeth 10 which contacts or contact with a tooth or teeth 11 formed on a detent 12 which is pivoted at 13 in the stick. A spring 14 has its intermediate portion coiled about the pivot 13 with one end engaging the pivot 6 and its other end contacting the under surface of the detent 12 so as to normally exert a yielding pressure on, said detent to force the free end thereof in a downward direction toward the position shown in Figure 3. \Vhen the adaptor 5 is moved to its operative position shown in Figure 4 the tooth or teeth 10 will engage a tooth or teeth 11 of the detent and pressure upon the adaptor will force said detent to the posi tion shown in Figure l against the tension of the spring let. It should be noted that when the adaptor is swung into its inoperative position the tooth or teeth 10 leaves or leave the tooth or teeth 11, when the movement of the detent 12 is arrested by its angled leg 12 striking the spring 8.

The type retaining device is similar in principle to the means described and claimed in my former application for a patent Ser. No. 735,746, filed September 4, 192 1 relating to a type composing stick, wherein a ball is adapted to move into the path of the type by means of an inclined race, a stop being provided at the bottom of the race the said stop forming a cup or nest to keep the ball clear of the bases of the types when the stick is held in an upright position. In the said application for a patent the inclined plane was formed from the stick as an element secured thereto in a fixed position.

According to the present invention the inclined race is formed in one with the detent 12 so that the movement of the ball 15 to act as type retaining means only comes I into action when the adaptor 5 is in its inoperative position (Fig. and consequently the type 16 cannot drop out of the slot or channel. 2 of the stick 1 as formerly has been the case. The ball race is formed by an extension piece 12 of the detent 12 which may be provided with a downwardly projecting piece 12" so that when the adaptor 5 is in its operative position the ball is retained in a pocket between the part 12" of the detent and the fixed stop 17.

It is to be understood that the position of the ball 15 shown in Fig. 3.. is achieved by tilting the stick so that the free or distributing end of the stick is lowered.

In operation, the adaptor 5 is first swung into its inoperative position 3.) and the prongs -1 011 the open end of the stick 1 are inserted in the channels of the formeaud the types are slidden from the forme into the slot or channel 2 and the stick during this operation being in a horizontal position the ball 15 is at the bottom of the inclined race, in its nest or pocket, thus allowing free passage of the type into the stick.

Should the stick be inadvertently tilted with the prongs 4 pointing downwardly the ball 15 will ride up the race 12 into the path of the type 16 and prevent their escape.

To distribute the type into the fount, the adaptor 5 is swung round into operative position, Fig. 4. and in this position the race 12 formed by the detent 12 is raised through the tooth or teeth 10 of the extension 5 of the adaptor 5 striking on the tooth or teeth 11 of the detent 12 so the ball 15 is retained in the pocket before mentioned and therefore cannot move into the path of the type, with the result that the type 16 can pass to the adaptor 5 and be extracted therefrom one at a time in the usual manner.

The type distributing stick is provided with the usual thumb and finger piece 18.

Having thus described my invention what I desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is as follows:--

1. A distributing stick for type provided with a closed end and a. pronged end, characterized in that an adaptor is so pivoted at a-point near the pronged end that it canbe moved into and out of operative position forming a connected part of the distributing stick with no loose parts to be lost or damaged.

2. A distributing stick for type as claimed in claim 1 characterized in thatthe movement of the adaptor to its inoperative position operates mechanism which permits a type retaining device to function so that types cannot inadvertently be spilled.

3. A. distributing stick for type as claimed in claim 1 characterized in that the adaptor is provided with an extension piece through which passes a pivot housed in the stick, a pin or projection on the extension piece and a spring secured to the stick the spring acting to retain the adaptor in its operative or inoperative position through pressure upon. the pin or projection.

4. Av distributing stick for type as claimed in claim 1 characterized in that a detent is pivoted to the stick, the said detent being formed with projections to be engaged by similar projections formed on the extension piece of the adaptor and held normally in contact therewith by means of a spring.

A distributing stick for type as claimed in claim 1 characterized in that the detent is pivoted to the stick and formed with an extension constituting a ball race, said detent being further formed with a projection to be engaged by a similar projection formed on the extension piece of the adaptor and held normally in contact. therewith by means at a spring.

6. A distributing stick for type comprisbetween the race and a stop, the said ball ing in combination an adaptor pivotally acting as means to retain the type in the connected to the stick, a projection formed Way and manner specified. 10 on an extension of the adaptor, a detent piv- In testimony whereof I have signed my 5 oted to the stick provided With a projecname to this specification.

tion, at one extremity and a ball race at its other extremity, a ban situated in the stick WILLIAM H. STOREY. 

